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Eunicella singularis Singular sea fan

Eunicella singularis is commonly referred to as Singular sea fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Eunicella singularis (Singular sea fan),Port Elizabeth 2010, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
9410 
AphiaID:
125365 
Scientific:
Eunicella singularis 
German:
Seefächer, Hornkoralle 
English:
Singular Sea Fan 
Category:
Meriviuhkat 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Eunicella (Genus) > singularis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Esper, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Endemic species, European Coasts, Northern Africa, South-Africa, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
10 - 60 Meter 
Size:
up to 29.13" (74 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Carnivore, Filter feeder, Invertebrates, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-22 17:27:30 

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Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791)

Eunicella singularis is white with whip-like branches,that tend to grow verticaly parallel.The polyps are light greenish-brown in colour and indicates the presence of zooxanthellae.The Singular sea fan can be usually found on rocky bottoms to 20 m depht.The sea fan is often partially covered with sediment.

Analysis of histological preparations of E. singularis showed that all colonies from 20 and 30 m had zooxanthellae in their tissues, whereas all colonies from 40, 50,and 60 m lacked zooxanthellae ("Characterization of the zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate morphotypes of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis". )

External links

  1. Characterization of the zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate morphotypes of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis (en). Abgerufen am 04.12.2020.
  2. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Mass mortality of Eunicella singularis (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) in the Chafarinas Islands (North Africa, Western Mediterranean Sea (en). Abgerufen am 04.01.2021.
  4. Overview on the distribution of gorgonian species in Tunisian marine coastal waters (central Mediterranean) (en). Abgerufen am 03.01.2021.
  5. Symbiont diversity is not involved in depth acclimation in the Mediterranean sea whip Eunicella singularis (en). Abgerufen am 11.04.2021.
  6. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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